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Vince Staples graced the stage of NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert to perform a selection of cuts from his latest self-titled album. The 12-minute set saw the artist perform “LAW OF AVERAGES,” “SUNDOWN TOWN,” “THE SHINING” and “TAKE ME HOME,” with guest artist Fousheé appearing alongside Staples to do the final track. He was also joined by Vince Staples producer Kenny Beats on bass, Gio “Dutchboi” Ligeon on guitar and vocals,  Reske on keys and vocals and  David Meyers Jr. on drums. Vince Staples marks the artist’s first full-length effort since 2018’s FM!, which was also primarily produced by Kenny Beats. “It really gives much more information about me that wasn’t out there before,” Staples said of the album in a previous statement. “That’s why I went with that title. I fe...

The late Pop Smoke is opening this week’s Billboard 200 at No. 1 with his second posthumous album, Faith. The standard 20-track version (a deluxe was also released) earned a total of 88,000 equivalent album units, including 83,000 in streaming equivalent album units (113.34 million on-demand streams for the tracks), 4,000 in album sales and 1,000 in track equivalent album units. Faith marks Pop Smoke’s second No. 1 following Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon — which also appears at No. 9 on this week’s top 10 — and his third top 10 including Meet The Woo, V.2. Meanwhile, John Mayer debuts at No. 2 with Sob Rock garnering 84,000 equivalent album units. Of that number, 61,000 are credited to album sales (the highest-selling album of the week), 22,000 are credited to streaming equivalent a...

Kanye West Debuts ‘DONDA’ to Sold-Out Atlanta Stadium Featuring Pusha T, JAY-Z and more. Jul 22, 2021 37,412 Hypes    Kanye West Reveals Details for Another ‘DONDA’ Listening Event in Atlanta The event is going down at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Jul 19, 2021 11,600 Hypes    Kanye West Reportedly Delaying ‘DONDA’ Release to August 6 Justin Laboy shared that Ye “WANTS TO GIVE HIS FANS THE BEST POSSIBLE PRODUCT WITHOUT RUSHING ANYTHING.” Jul 24, 2021 53,998 Hypes   

Singular Vision Productions has uploaded multi-camera video of George Lynch‘s May 1 performance at the Dallas International Guitar Festival at Dallas Market Hall in Dallas, Texas. Check it out below. Lynch‘s new solo album, “Seamless”, will be released on August 20 via Rat Pak Records. The LP features nine brand new tracks and three bonus tracks from Lynch, who is backed by drummer Jimmy D’Anda and bassist Eric Loiselle on the album. “Seamless” is produced by Lynch and is now available for pre-order in various configurations here. Starting in music in 1977, Lynch has long since been considered one of the most-notable guitar players of all time. His work with DOKKEN and LYNCH MOB has garnered him a legion of devoted fans around the globe. His creati...

In a brand new interview with Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon from Canada’s The Metal Voice, Dee Snider revealed that TWISTED SISTER didn’t get the first royalty check from its record company until more than a decade after the release of the band’s most commercially successful album, “Stay Hungry”. “TWISTED SISTER didn’t start receiving any album-sales royalties till we recorded ‘Heroes Are Hard To Find’ for the ‘Strangeland’ soundtrack,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET. “And in order to get the band to reunite, the record label wiped our debt out. That was 1997. The band had been broken up for 10 years. We had sold tens of millions of records. We had not gotten one royalty check. Ahmet Ertegun [co-founder a...

In a recent chat with ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante, FOZZY frontman and wrestling superstar Chris Jericho detailed his hilarious 2015 encounter with THE BEATLES legend Paul McCartney. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “When Ringo [Starr] got inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, I know [a lady who], she’s not working for him now, but she was high up working for Jann Wenner, and her family were big wrestling fans and big Chris Jericho fans. So I happened to meet her at the Garden. And she said, ‘Listen, if I can ever do anything to repay you…’ ‘Cause I’m always nice to everybody — fans, especially kids. And she was, like, ‘Listen, thank you for meeting my kid. I work for the Hall Of Fame. If you ever need anything…’ And i...

The long-awaited autobiography from heavy metal music icon Ronnie James Dio, the powerhouse voice of ELF, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH and his longtime namesake band DIO, will be published on July 27 by Permuted Press in the U.S. and Canada and Constable in the U.K. Co-written with British music journalist Mick Wall and Dio‘s widow and longtime manager Wendy Dio, “Rainbow In The Dark: The Autobiography” is now available for pre-order. Asked in a new interview with Darren Paltrowitz if there is a chance that there will be a part two to Ronnie‘s memoir, Wendy said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I don’t know. I mean, there’s a lot of things that happened afterwards, with going back to [BLACK] SABBATH in the ’90s, going back to SABBATH near the...